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Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions
Broadway Star Joined: 7/25/11
Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions #26
Posted: 5/28/13 at 2:58pmI gotta second that for Tonya for Caroline, or Change. Pretty much Caroline, or Change should have won all the awards it was nominated for.
Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions #27
Posted: 5/28/13 at 3:15pm
^How could I have forgotten that one?
Honestly, since I posted about Macbeth I've been sitting in the library stewing. Alan Cumming should have WON.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions #28
Posted: 5/28/13 at 3:18pm
"Avenue Q over Wicked... LOL"
Because WICKED deserved it over AVENUE Q? Ergghh...I think not, friend. WICKED is a serviceable musical with immense commercial appeal. AVENUE Q had much more heart.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/5/11
Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions #29
Posted: 5/28/13 at 3:39pm
Wicked is clearly the superior musical. Avenue Q is great but WICKED is on a whole other level.
-WSS losing to Music Man
- Giving the Matildas a TONY
INTO THE WOODS COMPLETELY DESERVED SCORE OVER PHANTOM.
-N2N losing to Billy Elliot
- Sierra B not getting nominated for Ariel
-BATB not winning Best Musical
-Nominating Leap of Faith.
- Newsies losing to ONCE
- Patti Lupone losing the tony in 05
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions #31
Posted: 5/28/13 at 4:04pmInitially I wanted Newsies to win over Once, but they they are not even on the same level.
Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions #32
Posted: 5/28/13 at 5:04pmI think the producers of A CHRISTMAS STORY should have put John Bolton up for Featured Performer. I think Johnny Rabe should have at leas been nominated for an award for his terrific performance in that same show. If any little performer deserves a "special" Tony, it is little Luke Spring, who stopped the (same) show nightly and was featured prominently in just about every review.
Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions #33
Posted: 5/28/13 at 5:07pmWhile we're on the subject, what do we say to Jeff Hiller having gotten a nomination for BBAJ? Jussayin'.
Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions #34
Posted: 5/28/13 at 5:19pm
-Bernadette Peters not nominated for Follies
-Kristin Chenoweth not nominated for The Apple Tree
-Aaron Tveit not nominated for Catch Me If You Can
-Danny Burstein not winning for Follies
-The Lion King winning over Ragtime for best musical
Updated On: 5/28/13 at 05:19 PM
Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions #35
Posted: 5/28/13 at 6:21pm
Stephanie J Block not being nominated until this year.
Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions #36
Posted: 5/28/13 at 6:36pmDitching the award for replacements.
Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions #37
Posted: 5/30/13 at 1:16am
Agree, idina menzel winning over tonya pinkins- tonya pinkins' performance was extraordinary as was the show (caroline or change)- wicked is a great tourist attraction.
the performances were not even on the same league... performances like tonya's don't happen very often on broadway...
Updated On: 5/30/13 at 01:16 AM
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/09
Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions #38
Posted: 5/30/13 at 2:18amSurely the dumbest decision they've ever made is endorsing cruise liners and crappy touring productions instead of celebrating the creative aspects...
Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions #40
Posted: 5/30/13 at 10:24amChristmas Story and Bring It On being nominated for Best Musical over Hands on a Hardbody, Chaplin, and/or Motown
Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions #41
Posted: 5/30/13 at 12:11pmThe worst was having last years Memoriam Section shown during commercials. It's a video montage honoring the theatre professionals who died in the previous year and instead of showing that on the air they had a cruise ship commercial. Shame on the producers!
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions #42
Posted: 5/30/13 at 12:16pmSouth FL Mark-I so agree with you. I thought it was so disrespectful and for those of us watching from home or elsewhere, it left us wondering what happened to that section.
Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions #43
Posted: 5/30/13 at 4:15pm
Rita Moreno as Featured Actress for THE RITZ. She was the ONLY actress in the show and clearly the leading lady. She said as much in her acceptance speech, apologizing to the other nominees. But that was before producers could petition.
When STATE FAIR was nominated for best Score, the committee said voters could only consider the songs that had not been heard on Broadway previously (there were interpolations from ALLEGRO, ME AND JULIET and PIPE DREAM). David Merrick had the ushers hand out earplugs when the voters came. His last show and his final shtick.
Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions #44
Posted: 5/30/13 at 4:26pm
Stephanie J Block not being nominated until this year.
I mean, I like Stephanie J. Block, but she's only been in 6 Broadway shows and 2 of those were as a replacement.
Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions #45
Posted: 5/30/13 at 5:03pm
*Defientely Avenue Q over Wicked. Avenue Q was GOOD, but not as great as Wicked!
*Alan Cumming not being nominated for MACBETH
*Bertie, getting nominated for LEADING. Now, he might lose -_-
*The Matilda girls, getting honors. Bailey was great, but not Tony-winning
*Norbert beating Andrew and Josh for Best Leading Actor in 2011
*I haven't seen Once yet, so for now: I think Newsies should have gotten Best Set Design and Leading Actor
*Into the Woods, beating Phantom for Best Music
*Mary Poppins should have won Best Cherography. Step In Time was amazing!
*Aaron Tviet, not getting nominated for N2M
*Godspell should have got nominated for Best Revival and Direction. I really enjoyed it!
*Kristin Chenoweth not nominated for The Apple Tree (WTH was up with that?!)
That's all I can think of...for now 
Updated On: 5/30/13 at 05:03 PM
Broadway Star Joined: 5/17/07
Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions #46
Posted: 5/30/13 at 6:09pm
*Aida getting nominated for Best Score, but not Best Musical
*The Pajama Game winning Best Revival over Sweeney Todd
And never giving the Best Play/Best Revival of a Play nominees the respect and attention they deserve on the telecast. I'd like to see more than just two seconds of each show, when they bother to throw them an attention bone.
Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions #47
Posted: 5/30/13 at 10:27pm
^^ This, about the Plays. Especially the last few years, when the Play categories have been so strong (Revivals, too) and to have such great material be overshadowed by performances by MEMPHIS, cruise ship casts, touring ensembles and non-nominated musicals just to sell their tickets is very disappointing.
Curious question, because I honestly don't know how it works: are the Play nominees invited to perform a scene or is that courtesy not even offered at this point? If, say, TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL wants to let Cecily do a monologue so they can try and sell more of their summer extension, do they have to petition the Tonys to let them or is there an invitation that all the plays choose to decline?
Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions #48
Posted: 5/30/13 at 10:45pm
Letting NPH host every year. BOOM.
The fact that Fiona Shaw did not get nominated for The Testament of Mary...
Marin Mazzie has never won a Tony. (???)
Laura Osnes getting a leading actress nod this year.
And god knows I love Audra McDonald but Jan Maxwell in Follies had my heart.
Dumbest Tony Awards Decisions #49
Posted: 5/30/13 at 10:56pm
From the 2005 telecast: who the hell thought it would be a good idea to pay tribute to those we'd lost by singing an ode to being famous without needing talent? Not to mention the poor vocal performance- that last note is rather hysterical, though...
Ya got no talents?
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